Paper

Paper I like

For the next time I go to Kelly Spicers. I tend to prefer cream or off-white paper because they’re easier for me to read outside in the sun.

Domtar Cougar® Digital, Item 7734. 8½" × 11", grain long, 500 sheets, smooth, text, 60/24lb or 89 g/m². Natural. UPC 723382773484.
Domtar Lettermark™ Cream colored color copy paper. 8½ × 11. 20lb or 75g/m². Cream color. Item 94296. UPC 81009314026. - This is the lighter weight one I use a lot for, like, printed notebook paper. I think it’s 30% recycled.
Sylvamo Accent® Opaque Digital Cover Smooth, 80lb white, UPC 010199031488. 250 sheets cost $22.18 on 2025-02-04. Seems like it could work as a postcard. I cut a 3½" × 5" piece and it seems relatively sturdy. For a 4" × 6" postcard it’s maybe a tiny bit floppy, but otherwise decent. Since you can print on it, that’s a big plus.
Crane has some cotton paper I occasionally use for handwritten letters. Need to write down the type I get and the cost.

College-ruled paper is 8" × ~10½". Lines are 9/32", as there are 32 whole lines (not including the bottom line) in 9 inches of paper.
Postcards: Postcards should be at least 0.007" thick. (See also my mail page which includes some stuff about postcards.)
I went to Kelly Spicers on 2025-02-04. I looked at Bristol board, but it was still kinda floppy. Joan, an employee, explained that “cover” paper tends to be stiffer and showed me samples of 80lb up to 110lb cover paper. Man, are they thick. I got some 80lb cover paper instead of the 110lb because I thought the 80lb might still work with a printer. But next time I might get the 110lb cover for a super stiff postcard.
Bristol board: I think Joan explained that Bristol board maybe has more rough pulp? It’s thicker paper. Looking at some websites, they explained there are different finishes like “smooth” or “plate”.
Water marks are made by attaching small designs to the screen used for paper making. See Arnold Grummer’s video on it.
“Kraft” paper is also called butcher paper. Not sure if it’s thick enough for shipping.
printwiki.org has a lot of info about paper